Escalade (ESCA) Competitors

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate ESCA or FNKO?

Funko has a consensus price target of $9.88, suggesting a potential upside of 104.24%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Funko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ESCA or FNKO?

65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Escalade shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Funko shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Funko has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ESCA or FNKO?

In the previous week, Funko had 7 more articles in the media than Escalade. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Funko and 8 mentions for Escalade. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Escalade's score of 0.01 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Escalade	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Funko	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ESCA or FNKO more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Funko's net margin of -1.92%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.49% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.54%	7.49%	5.39%
Funko	-1.92%	-5.01%	-1.60%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ESCA or FNKO?

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Escalade	$251.51M	0.81	$12.99M	$0.98	15.09
Funko	$1.05B	0.25	-$14.72M	-$0.37	-13.07

Summary

Funko beats Escalade on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.